Six In The Morning: Ireland, Polygamy, Football, NZ Mine

1 WIVES: COLLECT ‘EM ALL! British Columbia’s Supreme Court will look at polygamy starting today. Polygamy is currently illegal and creepy.You know what might make polygamy less freaky? If it was 1.) practiced by people who don’t belong to breakaway religious cults and 2.) if there were cases somewhere in this country of women with multiple husbands.

2 DEATH IS A HIGHWAY There were terrible road accidents this weekend. Nine people are dead. Horrible.

4 IRELAND TAKES THE BAILOUT Yesterday Ireland finally agreed to accept a 90-billion Euro bailout that will come with conditions likely including cuts to public spending, cuts to social benefits and higher taxes for everyone but corporations like Microsoft, large tech-sector employers who have the country by its emerald balls. The financial woes stem from banking collapse caused by reckless loans during an unsustainable housing bubble.

5 NEW ZEALAND MINE DISASTER Relatives of the 29 men trapped by an explosion in a coal mine on Friday have been told to prepare for the worse, though officials say they’re also prepared for the possibility that the miners are alive. More information can be found at the New Zealand Herald’s website. That newspaper also has a twitter feed here. Auckland is currently 19 hours ahead of us, fyi.

6 SOMETHING HAPPENED IN SOME SPORT EVENT IN CALGARY YESTERDAY Riders win!We lurve them! On to Edmonton to slay the eeevil Montreal Alouettes.

Let us know forget that it would be less creepy if it didn’t also involve the marriage of young girls to men without their consent or ability to consent; and running young men out of the community to preserve the male:female ratio. At this point, still creepy. It really is the difference between polygamy and open marriages.